The dangerous chemical is still leaking at the DuPont plant a day after it started.

A shelter-in-place order was lifted for the community just a few hours after the leak began.

At last check, authorities said a 500,000 gallon tank at the plant was still leaking hydrochloric acid, but it's now contained.

Crews are working on repairs and said no one is in danger.

"Everybody around here knows what is going on, but if it is dire, something really, really bad, they would get everyone out," said Betty Rogers, who lives across the street from the plant.

The shelter-in-place order was issued right after the chemical started leaking from a tank inside DuPont.

Rogers waited for a few hours Sunday, until that command was lifted, to get home.

"All I wanted to do was sit in my easy chair," said Rogers.

"We are still managing an active situation," said Bhanu Calvert, safety, health and environmental manager at DuPont.

"It is just one of those scares that you live with when you live down here," said Rogers.

Authorities assured the public that no one is in danger.

"The community, employees and environment are safe; (there is) no risk to them," said Calvert.

Authorities said Sunday's shelter-in-place was just a precautionary measure in case vapor from the liquid chemical leaked outside.

"If the leak would have expanded yesterday, we would have people in place where they were safe," said Dreamland Fire Chief Fred George.

Crews estimate about 1,300 pounds of the chemical made its way into the air inside the plant. The 15 employees inside were not exposed.

About 270 pounds of hydrochloric acid got into the ground outside, but it was quickly neutralized with water.

"The federal reportable quantity is 5,000 pounds released, so we were well within those limits, and so when the release occurred it was contained within the first couple of minutes to the environment," said Calvert.

At this point, things are getting back to normal. DuPont employees are back to work and residents, like Rogers, are back in their homes, hoping to stay.

"Until they come and knock on the door and say get out, there isn't a whole lot you can do about it, just live with it," said Rogers.

Authorities said a 6-inch pipe on the tank continues to leak; it was under control until the breach Monday evening.

As crews continue to work on repairs, no employees are allowed near that tank; inside they're calling it a "hot-zone."

Crews are working on what they call a neutralization process, which includes putting water, limestone and soda-ash on the hydrochloric acid, putting that material into more secure containers and moving it.

That also includes processing the plant waste water before it goes to the Metropolitan Sewer District.

All of this, they say, will take about two days. Then they can begin to investigate what caused the leak.

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